LawFuel’s 2022 Lawyer of the Year is the battling ‘loophole lawyer’ who fought to get Charlotte Bellis into the country under the MIQ lottery system.
The Law Association of New Zealand is forming a working group to develop a regulatory framework for employment advocates, an industry that has operated without mandatory oversight since the Employment Relations Act came into force 26 years ago. The initiative is led by The Law Association’s Employment Law Committee. It will bring together advocates, unions,
Article source: Sofi.com The first few years after law school can be exciting, exhausting, and financially confusing. After years of studying, exams, internships, and tight budgets, a new lawyer may finally have a steady salary and a clear professional path. But that does not mean their finances are suddenly simple. Early in practice, lawyers often
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Article source: Aulsbrook Truck Wreck Lawyers TX The rise of specialized truck accident firms in Texas represents one of the more significant developments in the American plaintiff’s bar over the past decade. What used to be a subspecialty handled by general personal injury practices has evolved into a distinct practice area with its own marketing
BARBRI Swallows Startup ‘Lega’ To Teach Lawyers How To Talk To Robots Sonia Hickey “AI fluency” is now part of joining the bar before lawyers are let loose on the billable hour. BARBRI. The bar prep behemoth that still haunts your stress dreams has just acquired Lega, a generative AI platform founded by legal tech
Austin Lee has joined Paul Weiss in Houston after being recruited from Bracewell. He formerly worked in-house legal counsel at an independent exploration and production company, supporting a business unit working in South Texas. He worked as an M&A partner at Bracewell. He will work in the firm’s M&A division in Houston. The Paul Weiss
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Tom Borman, LawFuel contributing editor An AI-only law firm, Garfield, has just notched up what is being billed as the first courtroom win by an “AI lawyer” against human opposition in England in a story made for law marketing, legal tech and AI-watchers. An AI-only law firm that once made headlines for sending “polite chaser”
Mayer Brown announced today that Lauren Friedman has joined the firm in New York as a partner in its Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice and as a leader of its International Arbitration Practice in the US. She joins from King & Spalding LLP. “Lauren is a highly regarded international arbitration lawyer with deep experience handling
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Since establishing its Houston office in 2023 Clifford Chance has continued to expand with over 24 lawyers now working in the UK-based firm’s office. Despite losing Devika Kornbacher, the co-chair of Clifford Chance’s tech division and head of the Houston office, who departed for an Austin boutique earlier this year, the firm has recruited Carter
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Article source: Lamorial With a huge part of our lives being transferred into the digital world, the majority of people still omit the fact that after death, all those assets become inaccessible to their loved ones. When preparing our wills or looking into estate plans, we rarely take digital assets into consideration. As a result,
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Steptoe have hired internationally recognized arbitration expert Loukas Mistelis who previoiusly held a senior role at Clyde & Co, as well as continuing his role as professor at Queen Mary University of London. Reports indicate that Mistelis, who handles a range of treaty and international arbitration work, will also be retaining his main clients. The
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